Stool



Feb- 20, 1.945- R. A. WAGNER, sR 2,369,930.

STOOL Filed Jan. l2, 1943 Patented Feb. 20,1945

UNITED Y STAT PATE NT OFFICE f sfrool`J` y i Raymond A. Wagner, Sr.,Quakertown, Pa. Application January 12, 1943, serin1N0.472,14s

1 Claim.

My invention relates to a new and useful stool or article of furnitureand the construction employed for attaching the legs to the seat and thearrangement of connecting the stretchers to the legs for bracing theentire structure.

An object ofthe present invention is to provide a stool that can be madeentirely of wood and thereby eliminate the use of. metal which is eX-ceedingly scarce at present.

Another object of this invention is to construct a stool including aseat having dovetail sockets to x individual dovetail socket for eachleg in' the underneath face of the stool seat, each of said sockets`comprising a dovetail recess or cavity and an ante-chamber leading toand communicating with its associated recess or cavity Aat one endthereof.

Where nails, screws or dowels are used in. the construction of stools ofthis character it has been discovered that due to shrinkage, thestresses resulting from usage or other causes, the attaching means soonbecome loose and the legs or other parts become detached making thewhole structure .useless Therefore a still further object of theinvention is to provide afstool that is strong and, durable yet simplein construction and easily and quickly assembled in the course vofmanufacture. v y

With the above and other objects in View this invention consists of thedetails of construction and combination of elements hereinafter de-vscribedand then designated by the claim.

In order'that those skilled in the art to which this inventionvappertains may understand how to make and use the same, I will describeits construction in detail, referring by numerals to the accompanyingdrawing, in which- Fig. '7 is an enlarged fragmentary bottom face viewof the seat to plainly show the construction of a dovetail socket.-

Fig. 8 is a section on the line 8-8 of Fig. 5 with the leg detached.

In carrying out my invention as herein embodied Irepresents a stool seathaving several dovetail sockets Il formed in the bottonil or underneathface thereof., Said sockets are contained wholly inside ofthe rim of theseat and are arranged in radial lines. Each dovetail socket includes adovetail recess or cavity l2 closed at its outer end and having beveledside walls but opening to the underneath face of the seat and alsoopening at its inner end toy the.

component or associated ante-chamber I3. This ante-chamber has straightside walls and is as wide as the widest part of the dovetail recess orcavity portion of the socket, as indicated by the dotted lines in Figs.6- and '7 and plainly shown in Fig. 8. The ante-chamber is open to theunderneath face ofthe stool seat the same as the dovetail recess orcavity and it is to be noted that the dovetail socket, as a whole is ofless depth than the thickness of the seat, Figs. 5 and 8.

Each leg I4 has a dovetail tenon l5 formed on its upper end at theproper pitch to give the desired spread to the legs such as or similarto Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective view of one of the stretchers.

Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional vie-w of one of that illustrated inFig. 1. The dovetail tenon is of less width than the leg to providesubstantial shoulders I5 for a purpose to be presently described. Asuitable adhesive, such as glue, is placed in each dovetail socket andthe dovetail tenon of a leg is then inserted in the ante-chamber of adovetail socketand finally the leg is forced outward to cause the tenonto enter the recess or cavity portion of the socket. The shoulders oneach side of the tenon rest against the l underneath face of the seat tosupport the latter and because of the rather long formation of the tenonand its close, snug or forced fit in the socket n such leg cannot rockor wiggle and become loose which might cause it to break.

Diametrically opposite or radially disposed .pairs of legs are tied. orbraced by stretchers I1,

one above theother. Each end of each stretcher has a dovetail tenon I8formed thereon in proper angular position to t the dovetail notches I9running laterally from one face to the other of the leg. During theassembling operations glue is applied so that the stretchers will beretained in place and because of the shoulders 20 above Vand below thetenons the legs are further held` against wiggling and the dovetailformation of the tenons positively prevents spreading of the legs whichis not the case with endwise disposed nails, screws, doWels and thelike.

A foot rest 2l has its ends glued in notches 22 in adjacent legs orthose disposed in a plane intersecting a chord of the seat.

From the foregoing it Will be apparent that I have provided a stool thatcan be manufactured expeditiously inv large quantities without the useof separate fastening devices, requiring only Wood and a suitableadhesive, and thereby reducing the cost of material and labor.

Of course I do not Wish to be limited to the exact details ofconstruction herein shown and described as these may be varied withinthe scope of the appended claim Without departing from the spirit of myinvention.

Having described my invention, what I claim las new and useful is:

A stool comprising a seat having four radially arranged dovetail socketseach comprising a dovetail recess and a communicating ante-chamber andopening onl5T to the underneath surface of the seat, said ante-chamberbeing as Wide as the widest part of the dovetail recess and of the samedepth, legs having dovetail tenons on their upper ends adapted to enterthe dovetail recesses through the ante-chamber and glued in place,stretchers, and dovetail tenons on each end of each stretcher and gluedin dovetail notches in diametrically opposite legs with one stretcheroverlying the other.

RAYMOND A. WAGNER, SR.

